Quotes by Dave Federico

“We did better than we thought. Its early in the season, so everyones happy with the results. These were good times for this time of year.”

“Its been a great winter so far. Weve been outside on the track doing most of our training. Obviously, you can run a lot faster and harder in 50-degree weather than 20-degree weather.”

“Emily has looked very good for us early in the season.”

“This was just an average meet. There was nothing sensational. Hopefully, itll be a wake-up call and our girls will get the picture. If we plan to win a fifth straight state title, these times will have to come down.”

“Samanthas versatility is second to none. Were very lucky to have her on our team.”

“Youre only allowed to do two events each, so we targeted this race and the 4x400. We felt we could run a time similar to two years ago and it just worked out that they ran very well.”

“It was the leadoff leg so she didnt get a running start, so its pretty accurate.”

“Its not our best time of the year, but its pretty close. We ran a 4:02.85 at Yale. That was a more competitive race, but this is a pretty good time.”

“That was at the State Meet and we just told her to do what she had to do to win the race. She had run a 1:34 during her 1,000 last week so we knew she could go under that. This was just a chance to actually do it.”

“Sam took it out first as she normally does. The other girl caught her with about 50 meters to go and passed her. She (Thomas) maintained that margin until the end.”